Article 6. Marks And Labels of California Food And Agricultural Code >> Division 12. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 6.

Poultry meat shall not be packed, repacked, cut up, recut, or sold unless each container or each carcass is marked in the manner which is required by this chapter and the regulations which are adopted pursuant to it.

A poultry meat inspector shall place or cause to be placed a mark on each carcass or container of poultry meat before the poultry meat is removed from a poultry plant.

The marks which are required by this article are in addition to those required by Section 24802 but may be in combination with such marks.

The director shall determine by regulation the official design of the marks which are required by this article.

Each poultry plant shall submit samples of the proposed method of use of the design of a mark to the director. The method shall be approved by the director before it is used.

It is unlawful for any person to sell or mark as inspected for wholesomeness any poultry meat that has not been inspected and passed for wholesomeness pursuant to this chapter and regulations which are adopted pursuant to it.

It is unlawful for any person, other than the consumer of poultry meat, to remove from any whole carcass of poultry meat, or from any part of a dismembered carcass of poultry meat, any official wholesomeness inspection mark of the United States Department of Agriculture, or of any city, county, or state poultry meat inspection service. As used in this section, "consumer" includes a restaurant or other place where such poultry meat is cooked and sold for consumption on or off the premises.